date:Jun 07, 2013
ing season. In the spring of this year, the farmer sprayed weeds and wheat plant volunteers with glyphosate instead of tilling. The wheat volunteers that survived the glyphosate application attracted his attention.
On its own initiative, Monsanto tested the ROD and WB-528 parent seed stocks and found both to be free from the Roundup Ready trait. Monsanto then expanded its testing to include 50 parent seed stocks of other commercial wheat varieties representing 60% of the white wheat acres plant